[Ohio-Talk] A wonderful opportunity for today!

[Jessica Stover]

I can’t find the agenda

On Sat, Sep 19, 2020 at 12:54 PM Suzanne Turner via Ohio-Talk <
ohio-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> Members,
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> Forgive my dictation, as my power is out and I do not have phone service
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> A wonderful opportunity for us to attend the Louisiana convention is
> today. I have been crying for about 10 minutes, due to powerful speakers
> who were newly blind and could not find an opportunity to learn to be
> productive in society. Yolonda Harris gave a powerful and inspirational
> talk on how she did not know a blind person from, 1996 until 2010 and.  For
> those many years, she said on her couch and did not know how she could be
> productive as a blind woman. Then, one day she saw, the national Federation
> of the blind convention was coming to Texas. She requested her family to
> assist her in getting there. However, they were cynical and explain to her
> that she would not be able to participate and would remain in her hotel
> room. When they arrive, to their amazement, they saw blind people doing
> everything. It started for her at that moment.
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> As many blind people attend their rehabilitation services in their state,
> Yolonda knew that she needed more. She was unable to find employment
> because her skills were lacking. She remembered seeing Pam Allen make a
> presentation about the, Louisiana center for the blind. So, Yolonda started
> there in getting to the place where she knew she had to be. It took her
> from 2010 to 2019 to get to the Louisiana center for the blind. Her
> counselors gave her Opposition, and it was her determination that got her
> there. She will graduate  from the Louisiana Center for the blind. Our own
> Alex French will also have an opportunity this afternoon to talk about his
> quest to the Louisiana center for the blind. Please support him in his
> speech this afternoon.
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> There are powerful seminars going on now. You can attend everything from,
> fitness, public speaking, learning how to use an Apple Watch and
> networking. Check out the agenda! I am so inspired and still crying!
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> Suzanne
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> Sent from my iPhone
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> > From: Angela Grafton <agrafton at louisianacenter.org>
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> > Date: September 18, 2020 at 12:36:56 PM EDT
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> > To: Angela Grafton <agrafton at louisianacenter.org>
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> > Subject: NFBL State Convention
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> > Attached you will find the agenda of the NFBL State Convention.  It
> includes Zoom IDs for the Division Meetings, General Sessions, and
> Concurrent Sessions.
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> > Looking forward to a great convention!
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> > Angela Grafton
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> > Registration, NFBL
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peace

Jessica Stover
jjstover at kent.edu
jessicastover10 at gmail.com